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Some years ago, I received this email from a student:</p>
<p>"I'd like to kill you." [Insert a smiley face like the one above.]</p>
<p>When I met with the student (these days, would I?), he said that he was just kidding--after all, didn't I see the smiley face? I pointed out that the emoticon just kicked the creepiness level up a notch or two. He seemed utterly mystified.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!</p>